Legal Opinion
Eric Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2018No. 16-11244PublishedCited by 273 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Treating Defendants-Appellees’ petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is DENIED. The petition for rehearing en banc is also DENIED. The prior opinion, Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Tex., 866 F.3d 698 (5th Cir. 2017), is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted:
Fort Worth Police Officers W.F. Snow and Javier Romero arrested Jermaine Darden, a black man who was obese, while executing a no-knock warrant at a private residence. In arresting Darden, -the officers allegedly threw him to the ground,…
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